My Lockdown Books: Sixty Seven
I reviewed all three books in Teresa Flavin's trilogy, mostly because I loved them and thought that they were well written but partly because I…
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My Lockdown Books: Sixty Six
In The Glass Swallow Julia Golding revisits the world she created in Dragonfly. This is more of a companion piece than a sequel, however, and…
My Lockdown Books: Sixty Five
Juliet in Publishing by Elizabeth Churchill is a book I've added to my collection as an adult and it's one of my favourite career novels. …
My Lockdown Books: Sixty Three
Philip Reeve was another author I discovered in the course of my duties as a Carnegie Medal judge. Predator's Gold was longlisted in one of…
My Lockdown Books: Fifty Nine
In 1914, a year of significant anniversaries, Flying Eye Books chose to mark a less heralded one in Shackleton’s Journey. This beautiful book, written and…
My Lockdown Books: Fifty Eight
Who to trust. What to believe. How to survive. These are the questions battering Jack Shian as he continues his quest to find his father.…
My Lockdown Books: Fifty Seven
I met Cathy Cassidy many years ago and have worked with her at a number of book festivals since then. She's one of my favourite…
My Lockdown Books: Fifty Six
Yes, I know that I’ve already written about one of LM Montgomery’s books but it’s my birthday so I’m indulging myself. No-one is surprised that…
My Lockdown Books: Fifty Five
I don't know when I first read A Background for Beryl by Sylvia Little. It's another of my Mum's prize books so it would have…
My Lockdown Books: Fifty Three
I met Brian Conaghan a few years ago at the Edinburgh International Book Festival. I was chairing a panel event he was part of. We…
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